Corn planter shovel attachment



Jan. 18, 1949; o. FARLEY CORN PLANTER SHOVEL ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 25.1945 Patented Jan. 18, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE,

CORN PLANTER SHOVEL ATTACHMENT Otley Farley, Murray, Ky.

Application November 23, 1945, Serial No. 630,222

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a shovel attachment for a corn planter.

An object of this invention is to provide a shovel which may be attachedto the front of a corn planter.

Another object of this invention is to provide a shovel, attached to thesword of a corn planter, which may be adjusted along the length of thesword.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an adjustableshovel for a corn planter and screws to rigidly secure the shovelattachment to the blade of the planter.

A further object of this invention is to provide a shovel attachment fora corn planter whereby a furrow can be made deeper and wider than thesword of the planter, and the shovel breaks the ground and loosens theearth ahead of the sword of the planter.

To the foregoing objects, and others which may may hereinafter morefully appear, the invention consists of the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more specificallyreferred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it is tobe understood that changes, variations, and modifications may beresorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of the front of a corn planter embodying thisinvention,

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view partly in section of the shovelattachment taken on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on 44 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral I designates generally a cornplanter comprising a hopper II, a feed chute I2, a sword blade I 3, anda shovel attachment l 4, attached to the front edge of the sword I3.

The shovel attachment [4 comprises a shovel blade l5 and a U-bolt l6welded or otherwise suitably attached to the blade I5. The shovel bladeI5 is formed with a pointed tip I! and a V-shaped opening I8 in thecenter of the rear edge of the blade I5. This V-shaped opening I8extends lengthwise of the blade I5, and is adapted 2 to engage with thefront edge of the sword l3.

The U-bolt I6 is fastened to the shovel blade I4 in such a manner thatthe arms I9 extend rearwardly of the blade M' and one arm I9 is on eachside of the opening I8, and when attached to the sword I3, one arm I9will be on each side of the sword I 3.

A flat plate 20 is formed with two spaced holes to engage the arms I9 ofthe U-bolt I6. The plate 29 is adapted to attach the shovel [4 to thesword l3 and is held in position by the nuts 2| which are threaded ontothe arms I9 of the U-bolt IS.

A pair of fittings 22 are welded onto or otherwise suitably attached tothe arms I9 of the U-bolt I6, adjacent the V-shaped opening of the blade1 4. The fittings 22 are formed with threaded holes and a set screw 23is threaded through each fitting 22. The ends of the set screws 23 areadapted to engage the sword I 3 when the blade I5 is in position and tosteady the blade l5 in place, so that the shovel I 4 will not move fromits angularly adjusted position on the sword I3.

To fix the shovel M in place, the nuts 2! and the plate 20 are removedfrom the U-bolt l6. The set screws 23 are backed out of the fittings 22to allow a large clearance around the V-shaped opening l8. The shovel I4is placed on the sword I 3 so that the edge of the sword l3 fits snuglyand tightly into the V-shaped opening I8 and the arms I9 of the U-boltIB extend upwardly on each side of the sword I3. The shovel I4 ispositioned to extend downwardly and forwardly of the blade l3 in aposition as shown in Figure 1. The plate 20 is placed over the arms I9and the nuts 2! are tightened down to secure the shovel M in place.

The set screws 23 are tightened to engage the sword l3 to secure theblade I 4 in the desired position laterally of the sword Ill.

The exact configuration illustrated is regarded as the optimum, but someof the desirable results inherent in this disclosure maybe obtained byvarious slight modifications including some departure from the exactconfiguration shown, and it is therefore requested that the scope of theinvention should be regarded as limited only by the terms of the claim.

What I claim is:

A shovel attachment for a corn planter sword blade comprising a shovelblade, said shovel blade 4 sword blade for holding the shovel bladelocked in its selected position.

OTLEY FARLEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 220,157 Lafferty et a1 Sept.30, 1879 670,302 Ware Mar. 19, 1901

